A TEARFUL final farewell has been paid to a young mother who collapsed and died after riding on a pub’s bucking bronco machine.

Scores of mourners gathered on Tuesday to pay their respects to popular Nailah Ishaq, 28, of Caesar Way, Wallsend, who collapsed and died while on a night out with friends from her ante-natal class a week ago.

Nailah, who gave birth six months ago to a daughter, Kaiah, was taken ill after straddling the bucking bronco ride at Buffalo Joe’s bar on Gateshead quayside on her first night out since giving birth.

A post mortem into the Heaton Manor School art teacher’s death has proved inconclusive.

Nailah, formerly known as Nicola Clark, converted to Islam when she married her husband, Yaqoob Ishaq, two years ago.

Yaqoob, 28, a national sales director, said: “The funeral, from a Muslim point of view was nothing short of blessed.

“Nailah looked like an angel when we had taken her in and washed her in our traditional ways.

“It was almost like a glow had returned to her. There were so many people there – testament to how many people’s lives she had touched. Even those she had only met once.

“Even the weather was beautiful. There were so many flowers that you could not see her grave.

“Her final resting place is so beautiful with everything she would have wanted.

“Going against traditions, I have been granted the plot next to Nailah for when I pass, and for this I’m so grateful. She has my heart forever.”

Nailah went to Burnside Community High School, Wallsend, before studying fine art at Northumbria University. She became a teacher and was popular with her colleagues and students.

She had looked forward to the night out and had gone for a meal with six friends from the Royal Victoria Infirmary’s ante-natal class before the group headed to Buffalo Joe’s.

But it turned to tragedy when Nailah passed out after climbing off the ride and, despite rescue efforts by staff to save her, she later died at Newcastle General Hospital.

Bar director Harry Costigan said: “What happened is totally tragic. We’re all devastated and our sympathy goes out to her friends and family”.